ITAR-TASS Presents… 190 Years Ago, Alaska Officially became Part of the Russian Empire

Mt Foraker in Denali National Park (Denali Borough AK)

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Election Day in Hope (Kenai Peninsula Borough) AK

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Northern Lights over Anchorage AK

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A polar bear in a nature reserve in Alaska

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Full moon over Anchorage AK

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A skier and their dog on the ice of the Bering Sea

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A Canada Goose in Anchorage AK

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Tourists at the Mendenhall Glacier in the Coast Range, Juneau Borough AK

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An elk crosses the road (Westpark Drive, Anchorage AK)

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Canoes for rent on the beach of Lake Eklutna in Chugach State Park (Municipality of Anchorage AK)

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Glaciers in Alaska

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A view of Cook Inlet and Mount Susitna (also called The Sleeping Lady) (Matanuska-Susitna Borough AK)

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An oil extraction site in Prudhoe Bay (North Slope Borough) AK

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Seals and Bald Eagle in Auke Bay AK

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A view of Mount Redoubt in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve (Kenai Peninsula Borough AK) Chigmit Mountains, Aleutian Range

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190 years ago, on 17 April 1824, Foreign Minister Karl von Nesselrode of the Russian Empire and American ambassador Henry Middleton signed the first agreement on defining boundaries in Alaska. According to the document, the border lay along the parallel of 54′ 40” Northern Latitude. Russians weren’t supposed to settle south of that line, Americans to the north of it. In 1867, when the Russian Empire had financial difficulties after the Crimean War (1853-56), it sold Alaska to the USA for 7.2 million USD.

17 April 2014

ITAR-TASS

http://en.itar-tass.com/world/728423

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